Leslie Zemeckis

Leslie Zemeckis

출생 : 1969-02-05, USA

약력

Leslie Zemeckis is a best-selling actress, writer and award-winning documentarian. Leslie's critically acclaimed films include Behind the Burly Q, the true story of old-time burlesque in America. She the author of Behind the Burly Q, the definitive oral history of burlesque and Goddess of Love Incarnate; the Life of Stripteuse Lili St. Cyr. Her third book Feuding Fan Dancers was published and became a bestseller October 2, 2018 about Sally Rand, Faith Bacon and the golden age of the showgirl. Specializing in women in American pop culture from the early part of the 20th century Zemeckis is a frequent contributor to Huffington Post, Medium, Talkhouse and has written for W Magazine and Stork Magazine. She has presented her work and spoken at panels and Universities including Santa Barbara City College, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, The Chicago Club, Chicago History Museum, MoMa, Burlesque Hall of Fame, Burly Con. She continues to revisit and shine a light on formerly stigmatize and marginalized female entertainers.

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참여 작품

From Zero to I Love You
Pamela Finley-Logsdon
Darryl Stephens plays Pete Logsdon-just a guy in Philadelphia who happens to have a history of getting involved with married men. His father, played by veteran Richard Lawson and his soon-to-be step mom, Leslie Zemeckis, are on him to find someone who's actually available and to settle down. Instead, he finds a man named Jack who is fifteen years into a perfect marriage with two beautiful children and an enviable wife.
웰컴 투 마웬
Suzette
2010년 제프 말버그의 다큐멘터리 마웬콜을 바탕으로 폭행을 당해 뇌손상을 당한 마크 호건캠프가 정신을 회복할 수 있는 방법으로 제2차 세계대전 배경의 미니어처를 만드는 이야기를 그린다.
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Writer
A story of the world's first female tiger trainer who claimed her love for her tigers was so great she wanted to die in the ring. Raised in poverty in Kentucky, Mabel Stark joined the circus in 1911 and became the first woman to train tigers, earning the center ring despite being told that women couldn't work the big cats. In a 57-year career, she headlined shows with Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey, survived multiple maulings and marriages, starred in Hollywood movies, and managed up to 20 cats by forming intimate relationships with each, rather than using the whip. Her life ended tragically just outside of Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, CA, and her legacy and the golden era of the American circus is recounted by former animal trailers, performers and historian Janet Davis, with Mabel's voice, from her memoir "Hold That Tiger", provided by Oscar ®-winner Melissa Leo.
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Director
A story of the world's first female tiger trainer who claimed her love for her tigers was so great she wanted to die in the ring. Raised in poverty in Kentucky, Mabel Stark joined the circus in 1911 and became the first woman to train tigers, earning the center ring despite being told that women couldn't work the big cats. In a 57-year career, she headlined shows with Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey, survived multiple maulings and marriages, starred in Hollywood movies, and managed up to 20 cats by forming intimate relationships with each, rather than using the whip. Her life ended tragically just outside of Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, CA, and her legacy and the golden era of the American circus is recounted by former animal trailers, performers and historian Janet Davis, with Mabel's voice, from her memoir "Hold That Tiger", provided by Oscar ®-winner Melissa Leo.
Bound by Flesh
Screenplay
Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were once the cream of the sideshow crop. Taught to sing and dance at an early age, the winsome duo ascended through the early 20th-century vaudeville circuit as a side attraction (working alongside Bob Hope and Charlie Chaplin as well as a memorable turn in the Tod Browning classic "Freaks") before a cascade of unscrupulous management and harsh mistreatment brought their careers (and lives) tumbling down. This engrossing glimpse into a bygone era is filled with fascinating interviews and rare archival footage.
Bound by Flesh
Producer
Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were once the cream of the sideshow crop. Taught to sing and dance at an early age, the winsome duo ascended through the early 20th-century vaudeville circuit as a side attraction (working alongside Bob Hope and Charlie Chaplin as well as a memorable turn in the Tod Browning classic "Freaks") before a cascade of unscrupulous management and harsh mistreatment brought their careers (and lives) tumbling down. This engrossing glimpse into a bygone era is filled with fascinating interviews and rare archival footage.
Bound by Flesh
Director
Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were once the cream of the sideshow crop. Taught to sing and dance at an early age, the winsome duo ascended through the early 20th-century vaudeville circuit as a side attraction (working alongside Bob Hope and Charlie Chaplin as well as a memorable turn in the Tod Browning classic "Freaks") before a cascade of unscrupulous management and harsh mistreatment brought their careers (and lives) tumbling down. This engrossing glimpse into a bygone era is filled with fascinating interviews and rare archival footage.
Behind the Burly Q
Writer
Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque. Cabaret star Leslie Zemeckis traces the art form from vaudeville-style variety show through its extinction and contemporary rebirth. Vintage photos, film clips and ads illustrate burlesque's resilient history and how the public's sexual appetite kept it alive amid moral and legal ado.
Behind the Burly Q
Director
Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque. Cabaret star Leslie Zemeckis traces the art form from vaudeville-style variety show through its extinction and contemporary rebirth. Vintage photos, film clips and ads illustrate burlesque's resilient history and how the public's sexual appetite kept it alive amid moral and legal ado.
크리스마스 캐롤
Fred's Wife (voice)
천하의 구두쇠 에비니저 스크루지 (짐 캐리 분)는 올해도 여느 때와 다름 없이 자신의 충직한 직원 밥 (게리 올드먼 분)과 쾌활한 조카 프레드 (콜린 퍼스 분)에게 독설을 퍼부으며 크리스마스 이브를 맞는다. 그날 밤, 그의 앞에 7년 전에 죽은 동업자 말리의 유령이 나타난다. 생전에 스크루지 만큼 인색하게 살았던 벌로 유령이 되어 끔찍한 형벌을 받고 있는 말리는 스크루지가 자신과 같은 운명에 처하는 것을 막고 싶었던 것. 그는 스크루지에게 세 명의 혼령이 찾아올 것이라고 알려준다. 그 이후 말리의 이야기대로 과거, 현재, 미래의 세 혼령이 찾아와 스크루지에게 결코 보고 싶지 않은 진실을 보여준다. 그가 과거에 어떻게 살았었고, 현재에는 어떻게 살고 있고 또 미래엔 어떻게 죽게 될 것인지를…
베오울프
Yrsa
신과 인간, 괴물과 영웅이 공존하는 암흑의 시대. 호르트가르 성 사람들은 밤마다 용사들을 잔인하게 살인하고, 납치해가는 정체불명의 괴물로 인해 고통 받고 있다. 이때 젊은 용사 하나가 바다를 건너 그들을 구하기 위해 도착한다. 그는 인간들을 구원할 영웅의 운명을 타고난 전사 베오울프! 그가 맞서야 하는 괴물은 인간 세계를 장악하려는 마녀와 온 세상을 지배하기 위해 절대악과 손잡은 왕 사이에서 태어난 괴물 그렌델이었다. 이제 인간을 위해 그들에 맞서 전설의 황금보검을 손에 쥔 태초의 영웅 베오울프. 그에게는 인류의 운명이 걸려 있고 그가 가는 길 앞에는 거대한 시련이 예정되어 있는데…
폴라 익스프레스
Sister Sarah / Mother
환상과 모험, 꿈과 희망을 싣고 떠난다! 북극행 크리스마스 특급열차 폴라 익스프레스!! “기차가 어디로 가는지는 중요하지 않아. 중요한 건 그 기차에 올라 타겠다고 결심하는 거지!” 눈 오는 크리스마스 이브, 한 소년이 잠에서 깨어 뭔가를 기다리고 있다. 그것은 바로 산타의 썰매소리!! '과연 내가 그 소리를 들을 수 있을까?' 자정을 5분 남겨둔 시각, 갑자기 들리는 굉음에 소년은 화들짝 놀라 유리창의 성에를 닦고 밖을 내다보니 눈 앞에서 펼쳐진 건 너무나 놀라운 광경! 검은색 기차가 거친 엔진소리를 내뿜으며 그의 집 앞에 멈춰서는 것이 아닌가? 소년은 잠옷 차림에 슬리퍼를 신고 뛰어나간다. 기차의 차장은 소년을 기다리고 있었다는 듯 말을 건넨다. '탈 거니?' '어디로 가는 거죠?' 소년이 묻자 차장은 대답한다. '물론 북극으로 가는 거지. 이건 북극행 특급열차 폴라 익스프레스야!' 소년은 폴라 익스프레스를 타고 기나긴 여행길에 오른다. 그리고 그 여행길에서 소년은 인생의 놀라운 신비를 발견하면서 차츰 자아를 찾게 되는데…
Sacrifice
Officer Mercedes Calderon
A convicted bank robber breaks free as he is being transported to prison after learning that his daughter has been killed by a serial killer. Determined to find her killer, he joins with a female cop who is working the case. He quickly discovers that his daughter had recently had an abortion, an action common to all of the murdered women. Meanwhile the FBI agent that he escaped from is hot on his trail.
블로우백
Sandra Carlow
날마다 형사 돈 모렐은 예수의 재림을 믿는 광신도이자 연쇄살인마인 위트만에게 죽을 고비를 넘기는 악몽을 꾸며 시달린다. 마침내 그의 사형집행일 날, 가스실에서 거품을 머금은 채 죽어가는 그의 모습을 보며, 돈은 악의 최후를 확인한다. 그러나 그가 가스실을 나간 후, 정부 조직의 은밀한 계획에 따라 위트만은 응급실에 옮겨져 다시 생명을 건지고, 성형수술을 하여 살인병기로서 특수 훈련을 받는다. 저격지령을 받고 목표물을 제거하기 위해 조직원들과 함께 거리에 나선 위트만. 그러나 그는 명령을 거부하고 달아난다. 그 안에 존재하는 연쇄살인마가 다시 깨어난 것이다. 정부요원은 그의 뒤를 바짝 추적하지만, 위트만은 자기에게 사형을 선포한 배심원들의 목록을 찾아 그들의 내장을 꺼내 죽이고, 피부를 벗기는 등 온천지를 피범벅으로 만들어 하나 둘씩 제거한다. 그가 아직 살아있다는 것을 전혀 알지 못하는 돈은 범인의 살인방법이 위트만과 유사하다는 의심을 품게 되지만, 도저히 그 확신을 할 수 없다. 바로 자신의 눈 앞에서 그가 죽었기 때문. 그러나 그는 피살자들의 공통점이 위트만에게 사형을 선포했던 배심원들이라는 것을 알고, 그의 주변을 수색한다. 의심했던 위트만의 동생이 죽고, 그가 범인이 아니라는 것이 밝혀지자 미궁에 빠져버리는 돈. 이때 정부요원이 위트만이 살아있음을 고백하고, 이 사실을 알게 된 돈은 자신이 그의 마지막 살인 목표임을 알게 된다. 다시 현실로 시작된 위트만의 악몽. 위트만을 잡을 수 있는 유일한 사람이자, 그의 먹이이기도 한 돈은 살인병기로 더욱 강해진 놈을 상대로 힘겨운 승부를 펼쳐야 한다.
Spiders
Emma
A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong. One survivor is found on the ship and watched over in a secret location deep in the California desert. The problem continues, as the survivor isn't alone, as another deadly spiders climbs out of him and goes on a rampage around the ship. Curious reporter Marci Eyre must now survive, escape and warn everyone before the spider reaches outside the desert.
Dark Nova
Nova
A former criminal, blackmailed into one last heist, seeks revenge on the partners who double-crossed her.
Life of a Gigolo
Rhonda
When Danielle decides to do a story on the life of a sex worker to please her boss and lover Peter, she meets Gage a professional gigolo. She quickly becomes interested in his work and starts to see a change in herself and her life.
I Married a Monster
Bridesmaid #2 (as Leslie Harter)
Kelly's new husband Nick begins behaving oddly, showing a surprising desire to make babies and shun his drinking buddies. Little does she know he's not entirely himself.
Restless Souls
Heather (as Lesley Lindsay)
Newlyweds spend the night at a haunted mansion, having had car trouble. When the wife disappears, the husband's rich father sends a team of parapsychologists to get the wife back. Except for the leader, each of the team has a special power... Dr. Donna Hemming is a telekinetic, Anthony Leeds can see things by touching objects, and Heather Siris is sexually irresistible to both the dead and the living. They soon discover a Civil War general has made a pact with the devil, if he can only find a virgin for the devil to procreate with.
The Sexperiment
Audrey / Marcie (as Leslie Harter)
Two sexologists make a bet: that they can induce an inhibited couple to shed their inhibitions by exposing them to a series of interviews with people who recount their erotic adventures. The two "subjects" are told that they are supposed to write summaries of the stories they will hear. The "sexperiment" works: Carson and Dawson overcome their inhibitions, but they discover that they are being manipulated.
Sex Files: Pleasure World
Sara (as Lesley Lindsay)
Vacationers go to "Pleasure World" to make their sexual fantasies come true with the non-human staff.
Confessions of a Call Girl
Reese (as Lesley Lindsay)
A call girl marries a politician only to have her secret life cause complications.
Damien's Seed
Jane Janzen (as Leslie Harter)
A detective is hired by a rich woman to find her runaway step-sister. Little does he know that the step-sister is actually being held by a cult of women who seek to propagate their male cult-leader of 30 years ago by capturing his son, and the detective's client is in on the deal.
Encounters
Diane
Johnny goes to Athena's Palace to ask for a loan. He enters an exciting and seductive world there. Intrigued by the beautiful strip-dancer Brandy, he agrees to value her house. She insists Johnny pays his valuation with a private striptease dance. Her friend Carlo, a villain, is immediately jealous and threatens Brandy.
Jailbait
Roman's Girlfriend
17 year old Kyle comes to the big city in search of her half-sister Merci. Merci is on the run after being used to set up a murder. The police and the killers both want her.